Manusmriti [sanskrit]

by Ganganatha Jha | 1920 | 23,875 words | ISBN-10: 8120811550 | ISBN-13: 9788120811553

This is the Sanskrit text of the Manusmriti, which is a collection of verses dealing with ‘Dharma-Shastra’—the ancient Indian science of Law, Spritual life, Politics and Ethics.. The edition of this text is based on Ganganatha Jha’s translation of the same text.

Verse 8.201

विक्रयाद्यो धनं किं चिद्गृह्णीयात्कुलसंनिधौ ।
क्रयेण स विशुद्धं हि न्यायतो लभते धनम् ॥ २०१ ॥

vikrayādyo dhanaṃ kiṃ cidgṛhṇīyātkulasaṃnidhau |
krayeṇa sa viśuddhaṃ hi nyāyato labhate dhanam || 201 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.201 is contained in the book Manusmrti (Sanskrit and English) by Ganganath Jha. This book is available online or you could buy the latest edition:

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (8.201). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vikraya, Yah, Dhana, Kim, Cit, Kulasamnidhi, Kraya, Vishuddha, Nyayatah, Nyayata, Labhat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.201). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

  • Line 1: “vikrayādyo dhanaṃ kiṃ cidgṛhṇīyātkulasaṃnidhau
  • vikrayād -
  • vikraya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • yo* -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • dhanam -
  • dhana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dhana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • kim -
  • kim (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kim (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • cid -
  • cit (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    cit (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    cit (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • gṛhṇīyāt -
  • grah (verb class 9)
    [optative active third single]
  • kulasaṃnidhau -
  • kulasaṃnidhi (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • Line 2: “krayeṇa sa viśuddhaṃ hi nyāyato labhate dhanam
  • krayeṇa -
  • kraya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • viśuddham -
  • viśuddha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    viśuddha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    viśuddhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • nyāyato* -
  • nyāyataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    nyāyata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • labhate -
  • labh -> labhat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √labh class 1 verb]
    labh -> labhat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √labh class 1 verb]
    labh (verb class 1)
    [present middle third single]
  • dhanam -
  • dhana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dhana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
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